Fixed #30543 -- Fixed checks of ModelAdmin.list_display for fields accessible only via instance.

Co-Authored-By: Andrew Simons <andrewsimons@bubblegroup.com>

2 files changed, 41 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/checks.py b/django/contrib/admin/checks.py
index f82c20c2f1..0c32301284 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/checks.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/checks.py
@@ -720,33 +720,33 @@ class ModelAdminChecks(BaseModelAdminChecks):
             return []
         elif hasattr(obj, item):
             return []
-        elif hasattr(obj.model, item):
+        try:
+            field = obj.model._meta.get_field(item)
+        except FieldDoesNotExist:
             try:
-                field = obj.model._meta.get_field(item)
-            except FieldDoesNotExist:
-                return []
-            else:
-                if isinstance(field, models.ManyToManyField):
-                    return [
-                        checks.Error(
-                            "The value of '%s' must not be a ManyToManyField." % label,
-                            obj=obj.__class__,
-                            id='admin.E109',
-                        )
-                    ]
-                return []
-        else:
+                field = getattr(obj.model, item)
+            except AttributeError:
+                return [
+                    checks.Error(
+                        "The value of '%s' refers to '%s', which is not a "
+                        "callable, an attribute of '%s', or an attribute or "
+                        "method on '%s.%s'." % (
+                            label, item, obj.__class__.__name__,
+                            obj.model._meta.app_label, obj.model._meta.object_name,
+                        ),
+                        obj=obj.__class__,
+                        id='admin.E108',
+                    )
+                ]
+        if isinstance(field, models.ManyToManyField):
             return [
                 checks.Error(
-                    "The value of '%s' refers to '%s', which is not a callable, "
-                    "an attribute of '%s', or an attribute or method on '%s.%s'." % (
-                        label, item, obj.__class__.__name__,
-                        obj.model._meta.app_label, obj.model._meta.object_name,
-                    ),
+                    "The value of '%s' must not be a ManyToManyField." % label,
                     obj=obj.__class__,
-                    id='admin.E108',
+                    id='admin.E109',
                 )
             ]
+        return []
 
     def _check_list_display_links(self, obj):
         """ Check that list_display_links is a unique subset of list_display.
diff --git a/tests/modeladmin/test_checks.py b/tests/modeladmin/test_checks.py
index a1b7001f68..98cc56d67c 100644
--- a/tests/modeladmin/test_checks.py
+++ b/tests/modeladmin/test_checks.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from django.contrib.admin import BooleanFieldListFilter, SimpleListFilter
 from django.contrib.admin.options import VERTICAL, ModelAdmin, TabularInline
 from django.contrib.admin.sites import AdminSite
 from django.core.checks import Error
-from django.db.models import F
+from django.db.models import F, Field, Model
 from django.db.models.functions import Upper
 from django.forms.models import BaseModelFormSet
 from django.test import SimpleTestCase
@@ -509,6 +509,25 @@ class ListDisplayTests(CheckTestCase):
 
         self.assertIsValid(TestModelAdmin, ValidationTestModel)
 
+    def test_valid_field_accessible_via_instance(self):
+        class PositionField(Field):
+            """Custom field accessible only via instance."""
+            def contribute_to_class(self, cls, name):
+                super().contribute_to_class(cls, name)
+                setattr(cls, self.name, self)
+
+            def __get__(self, instance, owner):
+                if instance is None:
+                    raise AttributeError()
+
+        class TestModel(Model):
+            field = PositionField()
+
+        class TestModelAdmin(ModelAdmin):
+            list_display = ('field',)
+
+        self.assertIsValid(TestModelAdmin, TestModel)
+
 
 class ListDisplayLinksCheckTests(CheckTestCase):